Employers paying higher wages but job vacancies remain
February 7, 2022
The average American worker was paid 5.7 percent more in January 2022 compared to the same month last year. Higher wages have attracted some workers to fill open jobs, but the U.S. is still about five million jobs short of where it stood prior to the pandemic.
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